What is the African elephant? African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat ...

Elephants have fascinated people for centuries, and the more scientists study them, the more impressive they seem. Their intelligence, physical abilities, and social lives reveal a level of complexity ...

Elephant conservation is a major priority in southern Africa, but habitat loss and urbanization mean the far-ranging pachyderms are increasingly restricted to protected areas like game reserves. The ...

Sumatran and Kalimantan elephants are now critically endangered as their habitat areas have been reduced from 42 to 21, Indonesian Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni told a meeting with various ...

Conservationists have sounded the alarm for decades that habitat fragmentation is just as devastating to elephant populations in Africa as poaching. Until recently, those warnings have often been ...

A new five-acre elephant habitat is coming to the Cincinnati Zoo this year.While the elephants will be the habitat's key attraction, the zoo is boasting another unique coming to the new Elephant Trek; ...

A new study has revealed that African elephants have an extraordinary ability to meet their colossal food requirements as efficiently as possible. Data from over 150 elephants demonstrated that these ...

DEHRADUN: An adult elephant has been spotted at an altitude of nearly 2,900 metres in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district, a ...

Julie spent 40 years in captivity before being released into a 1,000-acre sanctuary, a charity says.

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo's largest habitat is set to open to the public in October, the zoo announced Wednesday. Elephant Trek will open to zoo visitors on Oct. 1. Zoo members will get to enjoy ...